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The Battle Over Spanish in Contemporary Latin America: A Symposium

October 27, 2008 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Speakers

  • Luis Gabriel-Stheeman, The College of New Jersey
    The Rhetorics of Rigor: Linguistic Reasoning, Legitimacy and the Battle over Spanish
  • María del Pilar Melgarejo Acosta, UW-Milwaukee
    Language and Power: Nation-Building in Colombia
  • Barry Velleman, Marquette University;
    The Language Battle in Argentina: Nation, Identity, and the ‘Art of the Insult’

Sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Details

Date:
October 27, 2008
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Venue

Lubar Hall, S220
3202 N Maryland Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211